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The broadcast networks tried to reassure their fellow liberals on Tuesday that President Biden’s massive socialist agenda still had a chance. Despite weeks of Democratic infighting and attacks on moderate Democrat lawmakers, ABC, CBS, and NBC insisted they saw a “glimmer of progress” on the edges as the progressive price tag appeared to be getting dragged lower by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (D), while he appeared to be moving up.
“President Biden was on the road today to try to sell his ambitious spending plans that are still dividing Democrats in Congress. But tonight there is a glimmer of progress,” touted anchor Lester “fairness is overrated” Holt on NBC Nightly News.
NBC chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander followed up by noting that “so far the President's been struggling to unite those competing wings of his party, though tonight their differences appear to be narrowing.”
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